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Katie Davies
@kedtextileartist.bsky.social
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Mending. Art. Mending art. Textile artist based in Shropshire.
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artbyemilytull.bsky.social
It's Red Squirrel Awareness Week.
Beautiful creatures which need protecting.
"Red Squirrel"
Hand embroidered thread painting artwork.
#AnimalArtTuesday #WildlifeArt #embroidery
A beige mesh fabric background with a strip of brown hessian down the left hand side representing a tree trunk with a dark brown velour cut out detail. There are overlapping pieces of mint green fabric and lime green organza over the center part of the mesh. Coming from the tree trunk is a hand embroidered red squirrel in profile facing to the right
October 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
kedtextileartist.bsky.social
Progress pic of a new piece. I'm so busy at the moment, but taking a few hours to sew is so therapeutic. The restorative power of needle and thread 🪡 🧵
October 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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artbyemilytull.bsky.social
Here is the self portrait which won 1st prize at the Art as a Response to Mental Health Exhibition. Part of the Doncaster Art Fair.
The artwork is hand embroidered.
#PortraitArt #embroidery
A picture of a female face turned 2/3s to the right with a slightly sad face. The face is only in detail around the eyes, the rest is sketchy with bold colourful lines outling the outline of the face and neckline of clothing. Around the head is a bright light blue fabric which is frame ted. The whole artwork is on a cream fabric background
July 4, 2025 at 5:12 AM
kedtextileartist.bsky.social
Work in progress. A small textile artwork based on the @looseendsproject.bsky.social because I find their work so inspiring

#textileart #textileartist #embroidery #embroideryisart
July 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
kedtextileartist.bsky.social
Is there an art community somewhere that I'm missing? Because putting out artworks on social media that took dozens, sometimes hundreds of hours to make often only gets me a handful of likes. Writing a chapter of silly fanfic gets me a ticker tape parade apparently. #artist #ukartist
April 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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helenenen.bsky.social
Interview this person cause I'll definitely listen.
centuriesofsound.bsky.social Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · Mar 5
(Especially music/history related) podcasters! Invite me on your show! I am friendly and have opinions and can talk in front of an audience. And you don't need to pay me, unless you are a big show that usually pays people, in which case do pay me please.
March 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
kedtextileartist.bsky.social
My youngest as Woolfrik from Kitty Quest by @squidlingking.bsky.social for #worldbookday 🐈 🛡️ 🗡️ 🧶
Kitty quest costume as worn by Ellis (5)
March 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
kedtextileartist.bsky.social
'The Hole in My Heart' has now been sold. I'm going to miss this guy.
March 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
kedtextileartist.bsky.social
Now featured in My Shrewsbury magazine! #kintsugi #kintsugiart #shrewsburyartsandcrafts
March 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
kedtextileartist.bsky.social
First to be listed this month is 'A Hole In My Heart'. It's a detailed embroidery portrait stretched over a vintage frame and represents upwards of 30 hours of stitching. www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
#embroidery #embroideryart #textileart #textileartist
March 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
kedtextileartist.bsky.social
I'm starting the process of listing my larger #embroidery artworks online now that the #visiblymending exhibition is finished. I'll be adding one a week to my Etsy store. linktr.ee/kedtextilear...

#embroideryartist #visiblemending #textileart #textileartist
March 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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iamaudrey.bsky.social
First post! I based this hand embroidered piece on Van Gogh's "The Bedroom."

#vangogh #embroidery #embroideryartist #needlework #vangoghmusem #DMC
January 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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houseofdelfi.bsky.social
Ya, everything is terrible ✨but✨ my shop is finally open and I’m so excited to share my work with you! 🥳
(Link in profile)

#smallbusiness #art #embroideryartist #bugart
Embroidered heart with floral motifs surrounded by moss and crane embroidery scissors.
February 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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passionpeachy.bsky.social
working on myself 🧵🪡
A plush in the shape of a patchwork black cat with a missing button eye and long striped scarf. They are sewing themself back together as some stuffing comes out of his paw and head. A ghost embroiders pink flowers with green leaves into the hem of their sheet. Next to their right is an orange pumpkin pin cushion, and two spools of pink and green thread on their left. They trim the pink thread with a pair of orange scissors.
January 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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jodiehandley.bsky.social
So close, yet so far! Skele is just missing half her arms, a few mushrooms and grey patches and a bunch of text. Approx 3 weeks til it needs to be done to give me time to wash, mount, frame, photograph and submit. It's.........doable 👀

Sitting at 274 hours so far 🙃
Linework hand embroidery of a human skeleton (although the arms are not fully visible) done with heavy black outlines to resemble a scientific illustration. Fig 1 is written at the top and there are straight lines coming out from it at the sides that will be used as labels although they are currently unfinished. The letters "AT" are to the right of one of the label lines, which are the beginning of an unfinished word. The labels lead to mushrooms growing from the skull. On the skeleton there are multiple patches of greyscale colouring which spread out from the mushrooms. There are 16 patches of mushrooms shown, and some are identical. On the top left of the skull a patch of three mushrooms are teal with lighter teal spots, in the centre top of the skull is a single green mushroom with fluro green slime dripping from it, and on the top right of the skull a patch of three mushroom are varying shades of red. There is an orange mushroom growing from the left eyesocket, and two small, pink mushrooms growing under the right eyesocket. A cluster of 5 purple mushrooms is growing from the right side of the neck, and a matching cluster grows on the left shoulder. There are fat, green mushrooms growing between the left shoulder and up the neck. There are groups of different kinds of mushrooms growing on the shoulders, ribs, under the ribcage, on the elbows, on the hips and on the pelvis. The small mushrooms in the ribcage are pink. The large cluster of mushrooms growing from the pelvis is bright yellow, and the patch of 3 spotty mushrooms growing from the right top of the pelvis, the left hip and the right thigh are green. In the centre of both thighs there are large patches of blue fan-like mushrooms, and the same purple mushrooms seen above grow from both knees. Three more patches of green mushrooms grow down the right leg and foot
February 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
kedtextileartist.bsky.social
Now on exhibition in the Visual Art Network gallery in Shrewsbury, a collection of artworks on the theme of repair and healing. Included is my newly finished embroidered portrait 'A Hole In The Heart' #kintsugi #textileart #embroidery #artexhibition
February 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
kedtextileartist.bsky.social
It's not quite finished, but this is what I've been making this week. If it's finished on time I'll be exhibiting it at the start of February. #embroidery #embroideryart
A ragged dishcloth embroidered with the image of an elderly man clutching the cloth to his chest Close up of embroidered face and hand
January 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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visiblymend.bsky.social
I finally got ahold of my project that made me fall in love with this stitch pattern again, I love seeing the pattern develop as you lay down those final rows
January 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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pathfinderjapan.bsky.social
🧵 Sashiko Embroidery 🧵
Turn worn fabrics into art! Sashiko stitches beauty and function into repairs, blending tradition with sustainability. ♻️

#Sashiko #PathfinderJapan #JapanTravel #JapanTours #Japan
December 13, 2024 at 7:38 AM
kedtextileartist.bsky.social
Any other #sashiko enthusiasts here? This is my favourite stitch, persimmon flower 🌺
December 28, 2024 at 7:08 PM
kedtextileartist.bsky.social
Hi bluesky! I'm Katie Errington Davies and I'm a textile artist specialising in #sashiko and #boro #visiblemending
I teach mending and also use #kintsugu and incorporate mending techniques into #artworks Lovely to meet you! 🦋
December 28, 2024 at 4:35 PM